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Monterey Bay

Fin Diesel – Residency

7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fin Diesel
Fin Diesel Confirmed in the catalog @1311
Apr 19 – Nov 14, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Nov 2017

181 m
Deepest dive
5:24
Longest dive
54
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
209

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 19, 20171,558 m13.2°C57 m
Jul 17, 201779 m12.9°C67 m
Jul 28, 201753 m14.1°C24 m
Aug 31, 201788 m15.4°C80 m
Sep 1, 2017107 m16.3°C26 m
Nov 14, 20171,243 m14.6°C181 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 19, 2017 — seafloor 1,558 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Apr 19Jul 17, 2017 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 28, 2017 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 31, 2017 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2017 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 1Nov 14, 2017 — seafloor 1,243 m (measured), deepest dive 181 m (modelled)Nov 14

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

181 m
Deepest dive
5:24
Longest dive
54
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
209
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200181 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,243 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Nov 14, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
1,243 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 1,558 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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